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The Importance of Platform
I believe that this is the best time to be a writer because we’re seeing unprecedented opportunity for publication. With the tools available today, the question is no longer whether or not you will get published, but how you will get published. Not even a decade ago,...
OMG – Query Closure
November 1 - January 2 all of our agents will be closed to queries. If we have your MS we will be reading it. If we meet you at a conference and ask you to send please send. Otherwise shine those books up nice and we'll see you in 2014!
Word Counts
There are so many things to keep in mind when writing a novel. You have to have interesting plotting, good writing, and well-developed characters, and you have to make sure there are no continuity errors introduced during your revisions. But are you keeping in mind...
Heroic Villainy: What defines a villain?
What defines a hero? What about a villain? Good and Evil? Are they really two sides of the same coin? Or something less defined, something more liminal? When I was first approached to submit to When the Hero Comes Home, I had a pretty good grasp on what...
The Rise of the Hybrid
I am high as a kite right now. And no, I don’t mean on some kind of illegal substance (I only had ONE Three Musketeers bar, thank you very much). It’s kind of like the writer’s version of a runner’s high. The end of a long and arduous race. Last night, I clicked...
Kindle MatchBook: A Step in the Right Direction; We Need a Giant Leap!
Guest blog post by Laurie's client Michael J. Sullivan, author of the Riyria fantasy series. Note from Laurie: When we formed the agency, it was our fondest hope that successful authors would flock to our new way of managing their careers. Our outside-the-covers...
Call for Submissions
Submission deadline: November 1, 2013 Editor: Tanya Chernov Seeking submissions of poetry on confronting serious illness and loss, and the lessons learned as we find our way through the darkness. 100% of the proceeds will benefit the National Colorectal Cancer...
Call for Submissions: Quick and Dirty Christmas anthology
FFWD is opening for adult romance Christmas stories that are 3,000 to 6,000 words in length. The final day to submit is September 30 and final edits will be done by the end of October. All stories will be contracted for the use of this anthology and will be...
Super Sekrit Julie Kagawa Project (shhhhhhhh!)
Listen up, people! Julie Kagawa and her publisher, Harlequin Teen, are going to announce a super sekrit project the evening of October 1st at a swanky event in New York at a hotel penthouse soiree. Hey, she's a New York Times and USA Today bestselling YA author. They...
On Queries
I wanted to take a few minutes and comment on a few things I've been seeing in my query inbox lately. It should be obvious, but you want to hook an agent with your query, this is your chance to show us how awesome you are and what an amazing book you've written, so...
